IHandoverPacketHolder

Package: simu5g.stack.ip2nic

module interface IHandoverPacketHolder

Manages packet buffering/tunnelling during handover

Usage diagram

Inheritance diagram

Implemented by

Name

Type

Description

HandoverPacketHolderEnb

simple module

Manages packet buffering and forwarding during handover procedures at the base station. When a user equipment begins handover, tunnels downlink packets to the target base station via the backhaul interface. At the target base station, buffers incoming packets from both the backhaul tunnel and the network layer. Upon handover completion, releases buffered packets to the protocol stack in the correct order.

HandoverPacketHolderUe

simple module

Manages uplink packet buffering during handover at the user equipment. Temporarily holds packets from the network layer when handover is in progress. Whether the UE is attached at all is read from a mirror of RRC’s stack attachment ledger, which RRC pushes on every handover event (see BearerManagement). Releases buffered packets to the protocol stack once handover completes successfully.

Used in compound modules

Name

Type

Description

LteNicBase

compound module

The LteNicBase module serves as the foundational building block for LTE networking in Simu5G. It integrates protocols for LTE communication, including PDCP, RLC, MAC, and PHY layers. This base module allows higher-level modules, such as User Equipment (UE) and eNodeB (evolved Node B), to configure and utilize these layers according to their specific requirements.

Properties

Name

Value

Description

display

i=block/layer

Source code

//
// Manages packet buffering/tunnelling during handover
//
moduleinterface IHandoverPacketHolder
{
    parameters:
        @display("i=block/layer");
    gates:
        input upperLayerIn;
        input x2In @loose; // Only used in eNodeB/gNodeB nodes
        output stackOut;
        output hoManagerOut @loose; // eNodeB/gNodeB only: to forward packets to handover manager for X2 tunneling
}

File: src/simu5g/stack/ip2nic/IHandoverPacketHolder.ned